Connecticut western news., 1887-05-25
Local News.

Local News.
 sHow much of truth in these there be
 I know not;
 tell each as twas told to me,
 The whole lot" No snow storm last week. Rev D. c. Stone of New Haven will preach in V. I. A. hall next Sunday. Will H. Camp went to Waterbury last week and exchanged his logy horse for good roadster.
 Edward Evans and family, of Gay louisville, have moved into part of P. O. Cummings house.
 Miss Minnie Peirce is the efficient organist at the Congregational services held in " I. A. hall.
 Miss Minnie Deming went to New Britain last Friday for a few days visit with her aunt, Mrs Loomis.
 -" "Great applause greets the man who upholds dancing, card playing and billiards. ."-Oh Chestnuts.
 The ladies missionary society will meet for sewing, on Friday afternoon, at Mrs Levi Bronson's in East Canaan. Mrs Ferdinand l.. Beckley is quite poorly again, and has been confined to her bed most of the time for four weeks Mrs Sabra M. Humphrey and the Misses Norton had concrete sidewalk built in front of their premises last week.
 Until further notice, Mrs D. D. Walter will sell ice cream by the plate, quart or gallon at her residence on Main street.
 Until further notice the Sunday evening preaching service at the Metho- dist church will commence at 7.3O o'clock.
 It was called 0 backward season, but for the last four weeks the hot, dry weather has not been backward to come forward"
 Harlan P. Tracy returned last Thursday from his western trip, and himself and family are nicely settled in the Ferris house.
 Although tobacco was so poor a crop last year, there seems to be about the usual preparation for it, in this sec- tion, this spring. [Newtown Bee.
 The "oldest inhabitant" does not remember of seeing six weeks of such hot and dry weather in May and forty eleven mosquitoes to the square inch.
 We should have stated last week that Miss Meta Rodemeyer also re turned from Bethel at the same time that Miss Mary Rodemeyer returned.
 Samuel F. Adam, of the juinor class of the Berkeley Divinity School, at Middletown, Ct., has summer charge at St Johns, at Rose Hill, near Port land.
 After the Humane society began to get In tveir work yesterday. boot-boxes and perhaps soap-boxes and cigar-boxes were in demand in which to bring calves into the village.
 Mrs G. s. Whiting of Hartford is visiting Mrs Mary A. Peet. Mrs Whit ing, nee Miss Kate Sedgwick, and Mrs Peet were schoolmates and have since frequently visited each other.
 There will be meeting at V. I. A. hall tomorrow (Thursday) evening for the purpose of organizing Congrega- tiona church in this village. All who are interested are invited to be present. Robert w. Adam is adding another story to his handsome residence on East Housatonic street." putting a wig or it" is his characteristic way of stating it.-[Pittsfeld Eagle.
 The strawberry and ice cream festi val at " I. A. hall, last Friday evening under the auspices of the Methodist ladies aid society, was we'll attended anG the gross receipts were about S49.
 ssSohmer' & Mathushek Pianos, Estey and Mason & Hamlin Organs rented O for sale by Capewen the Jeweler, No 3S6 Main street, West Winsted, Conn.
 Will. D. Lawrence, of East Canaan has gone to Fully, N. Y., and will g into partnership with his brother, Jay in the mercantile business at that place They are now building store there.
 Chief Engineer W. D. Pettee of tn Housatonic road has been making draw ings of all the bridges on the line, an' is now enlarging or printing the sam at his temporary office in Union depot
 The ladies of the Ashley Falls M B. society will hold 8 strawberry an' ice cream festival in LeRoys hall nex Friday evening, May 27th. Suppe from to II p. m. A cordial invitation is hereby extended to all interested in worthy cause.
 B. & B. means Bissen & Bartran and their big bargains which will dra' customers from all directions and als prove bonanzas for bankers, broker. butchers, bakers and best buyers Bissen & Bartram begin bushes briskly, with bright prospects, be- wishes of all, and blooming bicycl' banner advertisement in another colum B-sure and B-hold it.